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Color Additive Petition from Environmental Defense Fund, et al.; Request To Amend the Color Additive Regulations To Remove the Solvents Ethylene Dichloride, Methylene Chloride, and Trichloroethylene; Reopening of the Comment Period
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Summary (from the Federal Register abstract)
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is reopening the comment period for the notification of petition, published in the Federal Register of January 11, 2024, announcing that we filed a color additive petition proposing that the color additive regulations be amended to remove three specified solvents. FDA is reopening the comment period to allow for the submission of any updated data and other information over the last two years.
- Document type
- Proposed Rule
- Federal Register document number
- 2026-10614
- Published
- May 28, 2026
- Action
- Notification of petition; reopening of the comment period.
- Docket
- FDA-2023-C-5679
- Comments posted on Regulations.gov (at last check)
- 0
- CFR parts
- 21 CFR 73
- DATES section (from the document)
- FDA is reopening the comment period on the notification of petition published January 11, 2024 (89 FR 1856). Either electronic or written comments must be submitted by June 29, 2026.
- Topics (auto-tagged)
- Food & dietary supplements
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